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10 minutes ago, Millenialcruiser said:

I did not. I am going to wait until closer to the 30th to see how everything is going then. Maybe get a different/better offer by then. The offer code was the same both times for each offer. 

Interesting. So maybe they just opened up the date range. Wish they’d have done that last week as I booked for a 4nt on Indy in October because it was hard to make the time work with my daughters school schedule. 

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9 hours ago, Millenialcruiser said:

New email offer for sailings from July 14th to August 31st. Free interior room plus $50 free play. Only offered on sailings from three Florida ports and Galveston.

 

I just posted about this in another area of the boards, I never thought I'd get this type of offer so I haven't paid a much attention to the casino threads and missed this one! I would love to take advantage of a week-long sailing on Harmony but can only sneak in a quick weekender to accommodate husband's schedule. I'm grateful for the opportunity though and feel like I need to hurry up and book or they'll revoke the offer ?

It feels too good to be true, I did not think I spent enough in the casino to earn such an offer but boy did I try.

I don't have any question here I just wanted to join in the excitement!

We're able to upgrade from the interior to a junior suite for $540. We were looking at a similar sailing that would have cost us a little more than double before the offer came!

We love our agent with MEI so I'm bummed to hear she can't manage the reservation but we'll get her next time.

Happy sailing all!

EDIT TO ADD QUESTION: I just hopped onto the Casino site to look at the offers there and see another one I hadn't seen before this, how can I find out what that offer entails? If I click REDEEM will it deduct the offer from my available offers even if I dont book? I am just looking to see what it entails.

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6 hours ago, PRebecca said:

EDIT TO ADD QUESTION: I just hopped onto the Casino site to look at the offers there and see another one I hadn't seen before this, how can I find out what that offer entails? If I click REDEEM will it deduct the offer from my available offers even if I dont book? I am just looking to see what it entails.

Yippee!  It’s always fun to find an unexpected offer on the website !

Unfortunately, there is no way to discover the details of the offer without calling Royal.  You can either ask your TA to get the information for you or you can call Club Royale yourself and find out which cruises it applies to.  It’s one of the shortcomings of the “system”.

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3 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Yippee!  It’s always fun to find an unexpected offer on the website !

Unfortunately, there is no way to discover the details of the offer without calling Royal.  You can either ask your TA to get the information for you or you can call Club Royale yourself and find out which cruises it applies to.  It’s one of the shortcomings of the “system”.

As the original date was September through December before it got expanded to July, any chance you think they’d let me change the sailing date?

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12 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Yes and if you upgrade to a suite (JS or higher) you get double points.

Is the upgrade usually the same price as listed  (Take the listed suite price and subtract listed interior price)? or is there more of a discount through the casino?

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5 hours ago, Tamerlane said:

Is the upgrade usually the same price as listed  (Take the listed suite price and subtract listed interior price)? or is there more of a discount through the casino?

There is usually an additional casino discount. It has been running about 35-40% off the discounted online price (meaning the price after all the BOGO or whatever current “sale” pricing they are advertising).  Sometimes the discounts for lower level upgrades (meaning non-suite upgrades) are better than the full suite discounts but that is not always the case.

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On 4/3/2020 at 6:30 PM, Ndfan89 said:

Be sure to check your casino offers friends.  There  is a 20SUN102 code and a 20FUN102 code.  My husband and I received both offers.  We booked a JS in July (Harmony) and a JS in October (Symphony).   

Interesting that yours had regular words. Both of my offers had the letters RFO in them. 

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Just got an email from Club Royale saying that everyone’s casino status has been extended until March 31, 2022.  It also states that if your “free” cruise was cancelled or you were otherwise unable to take it, you now have until March 31; 2021 to use it.

Great news all around. First good cruise news I’ve had in weeks !

 

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Almost simultaneously with receipt of the Club Royale email, extending benefits, I also received an email from Marriott extending my Bonvoy status through Feb 2022.  That is REALLY great news since I had obtained Titanium status and would NOT have requalified this year.  Now I just need American Airlines and National car rental to jump on board !

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56 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Almost simultaneously with receipt of the Club Royale email, extending benefits, I also received an email from Marriott extending my Bonvoy status through Feb 2022.  That is REALLY great news since I had obtained Titanium status and would NOT have requalified this year.  Now I just need American Airlines and National car rental to jump on board !

I got the same. Now only one I’m waiting on are Southwest Airlines and national car rental on status. I’d love to keep my companion pass for an extra year. Hilton, Hyatt, delta, and united have already said that they’ll extend my status. 

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27 minutes ago, Ndfan89 said:

So My question is ....

I did earn the new tier status and i am suppose to get a free annual cruise this year I wonder if  am I just out of luck?

No, I’m sure that since you earned the status you will be able to keep it. They’re not penalizing those of us that DID attain their status, they are just helping those who did not.

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Just one more reason to use a GOOD, experienced TA to book your Club Royale cruises.

Our summer offer finally showed up on the website (20RFO103).  Neither of us ever got an email.  Be sure and check the website regularly so as to not miss the offers.  It is for July-August Caribbean sailings.  I decided that we could squeeze an early August sailing on Grandeur (only 3 days of vacation and no airfare) so I asked Michelle to book it for us.

1.  This offer is one of the offers that they are not permitting agents to book.  But instead of just telling me that and shoving it back to me to do, she went ahead and put a hold on the JS that we wanted, including the gratuities and said that all I have to do is call them and make the final payment. I received an initial booking showing a balance due. Unbelievable service, considering she will get nothing whatsoever for this work.

2.  She then sent me a follow-up email telling me that the Bermuda sailing on Grandeur does not qualify for the offer.  BOOOOO....bummer.  But she said to just go ahead and call and see if they will let me pay for it anyway.  I did just that and the cruise is now paid in full.  I guess there is a possibility that they will bounce the reservation down the road but I think that's highly doubtful.  Normally, once a booking is paid in full it's good-to-go.

So even though Michelle will get no credit at all for this booking, not only did she do all of the legwork for us but she basically got us a deal that we would most likely NOT have gotten on our own.  Why ?  Because she has a relationship with these agents.  It makes a difference.  Having her as our agent makes a difference.

She combined both of our offers (we both had offers for OV rooms plus $150 each in "free play").  We basically paid $73 each to upgrade this complimentary offer to a JS.  What a great deal especially when you consider that it didn't even qualify for the offer !!

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19 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Just one more reason to use a GOOD, experienced TA to book your Club Royale cruises.

Our summer offer finally showed up on the website (20RFO103).  Neither of us ever got an email.  Be sure and check the website regularly so as to not miss the offers.  It is for July-August Caribbean sailings.  I decided that we could squeeze an early August sailing on Grandeur (only 3 days of vacation and no airfare) so I asked Michelle to book it for us.

1.  This offer is one of the offers that they are not permitting agents to book.  But instead of just telling me that and shoving it back to me to do, she went ahead and put a hold on the JS that we wanted, including the gratuities and said that all I have to do is call them and make the final payment. I received an initial booking showing a balance due. Unbelievable service, considering she will get nothing whatsoever for this work.

2.  She then sent me a follow-up email telling me that the Bermuda sailing on Grandeur does not qualify for the offer.  BOOOOO....bummer.  But she said to just go ahead and call and see if they will let me pay for it anyway.  I did just that and the cruise is now paid in full.  I guess there is a possibility that they will bounce the reservation down the road but I think that's highly doubtful.  Normally, once a booking is paid in full it's good-to-go.

So even though Michelle will get no credit at all for this booking, not only did she do all of the legwork for us but she basically got us a deal that we would most likely NOT have gotten on our own.  Why ?  Because she has a relationship with these agents.  It makes a difference.  Having her as our agent makes a difference.

She combined both of our offers (we both had offers for OV rooms plus $150 each in "free play").  We basically paid $73 each to upgrade this complimentary offer to a JS.  What a great deal especially when you consider that it didn't even qualify for the offer !!

I specifically called and asked if TA's can get credit for this offer and was told YES. Clearly its always whoever you get on the phone which is so annoying lol. I should of went ahead and booked the offer then but I wasn't ready to. But you got an awesome deal. I hope this ends soon and we can all go back to enjoying our favorite things cruising and gambling. 

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24 minutes ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

  She then sent me a follow-up email telling me that the Bermuda sailing on Grandeur does not qualify for the offer.  BOOOOO....bummer.  But she said to just go ahead and call and see if they will let me pay for it anyway.  I did just that and the cruise is now paid in full.  I guess there is a possibility that they will bounce the reservation down the road but I think that's highly doubtful.  Normally, once a booking is paid in full it's good-to-go.

I asked that same question about that 5 day grandeur sailing as well. Figured with it close, a nearly free one would be a good chance to try it. I also thought about trying to sneak in that August sailing 9 nights on grandeur that they have classified as Bahamas that is really a New England Canada cruise. 
 

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Update:  so, it seems my little scheme did NOT work.  Last night I got an email from the Club Royale agent who originally booked the Grandeur “hold” with Michelle.  She very nicely explained that the Bermuda Grandeur cruise did not qualify for the casino offer.  ?

So now we are booked on an eastern Caribbean cruise on Symphony (our first time on Symphony) for the same dates (1-8 August).  More money than I wanted to spend since I now have to pay for airfare, but still a good deal.

It could have been much worse.  I’m sure Royal could have either charged me a change fee, since I changed ships OR she could have simply removed the casino offer and charged me full price for the Grandeur cruise. I guess it never pays to try and cheat. ??

All’s well that ends well.

It does seem odd to me that they would rather give me a free 7 night cruise than a free 5 night cruise....but they did.  Go figure.

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2 hours ago, WAAAYTOOO said:

Update:  so, it seems my little scheme did NOT work.  Last night I got an email from the Club Royale agent who originally booked the Grandeur “hold” with Michelle.  She very nicely explained that the Bermuda Grandeur cruise did not qualify for the casino offer.  ?

So now we are booked on an eastern Caribbean cruise on Symphony (our first time on Symphony) for the same dates (1-8 August).  More money than I wanted to spend since I now have to pay for airfare, but still a good deal.

It could have been much worse.  I’m sure Royal could have either charged me a change fee, since I changed ships OR she could have simply removed the casino offer and charged me full price for the Grandeur cruise. I guess it never pays to try and cheat. ??

All’s well that ends well.

It does seem odd to me that they would rather give me a free 7 night cruise than a free 5 night cruise....but they did.  Go figure.

Good try. Had a boss who told me once, “the answer is always no if you don’t ask”

 

I had my TA call this morning about some standard casino rate cruises for July. They told her there was an offer in there but they couldn’t give it to her and I’d have to call. There’s no offer showing in my account and I’ve already used both the offers. 

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